Namaqua-Natal orogeny

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The Namaqua-Natal orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age orogenic belts associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain-building event ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ
affectedRegion Namaqua Province ⓘ
linked to: Namakwa region

Natal belt ⓘ
associatedWith assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
chronologicalPosition late Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
continentDuringEvent Rodinia ⓘ
countryPresentDay Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
deforms Namaqua-Natal Belt ⓘ
formsPartOf Namaqua-Natal Belt evolution ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
linkedProcess supercontinent assembly ⓘ
linkedSupercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
locatedIn southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
orogenicBeltType Grenvillian ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny
partOf Grenville-age orogenic belts ⓘ
linked to: Grenville orogeny

Pan-African–Grenvillian orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
relatedTo Grenville orogeny ⓘ
Kibaran orogeny ⓘ
Umkondo large igneous province ⓘ
resultedIn crustal thickening ⓘ
formation of high-grade metamorphic terranes ⓘ
granite magmatism ⓘ
metamorphism ⓘ
significance constrains timing of Rodinia assembly in southern Gondwana sector ⓘ
records Mesoproterozoic tectonics of southern Africa ⓘ
tectonicSetting Grenvillian collisional belt ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grenville orogeny → relatedTo → Namaqua-Natal orogeny ⓘ
Namaqua-Natal Belt → associatedWith → Namaqua orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Namaqua-Natal orogeny
Kibaran orogeny → correlatesWith → Namaqua–Natal orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Namaqua-Natal orogeny